Table 4. Number of field plots and percent agreement with field plots (%) and World Wildlife Fund’s Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forest (TSDBF) ecoregions and four bioclimatic definitions (Murphy and Lugo, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO], DryFlor, Aridity Index).

Regions	Field Plots	TSDBF	Murphy & Lugo	FAO	Dryflor	Aridity Index
Global	540	40%	66%	70%	33%	64%
			75%	81%	37%	6%
Africa	54	0%	76%	83%	52%	41%
			81%	76%	44%	11%
North & Central America	348	43%	63%	74%	26%	78%
			77%	89%	32%	4%
South America	48	33%	79%	62%	58%	42%
			79%	77%	58%	8%
South Asia	35	57%	91%	91%	34%	77%
			89%	94%	31%	14%
South East Asia/Pacific	48	67%	52%	31%	42%	8%
			50%	31%	42%	0%
Biodiversity Hotspots
Caribbean Islands	227	49%	62%	73%	28%	87%
			85%	90%	37%	1%
Cerrado	17	0%	100%	53%	94%	6%
			100%	76%	94%	6%
Coastal Forests of East Africa	12	0%	83%	92%	17%	75%
			67%	75%	25%	8%
Guinean Forests of West Africa	10	0%	100%	80%	90%	0%
			100%	80%	50%	0%
Indo Burma	7	100%	100%	43%	100%	29%
			100%	43%	100%	0%
Madagascar & Indian Ocean	1	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%
			0%	0%	0%	100%
Mesoamerica	38	89%	66%	84%	16%	82%
			24%	76%	11%	29%
New Caledonia	5	100%	80%	40%	80%	0%
			80%	100%	80%	0%
Polynesia/Micronesia	26	62%	42%	23%	31%	4%
			35%	15%	27%	0%
Tropical Andes	5	20%	40%	40%	40%	40%
			0%	80%	20%	40%
Wallacea	3	100%	67%	100%	33%	33%
			100%	67%	33%	0%
Western Ghats & Sri Lanka	10	0%	100%	60%	100%	10%
			100%	90%	100%	0

WorldClim data presented above CHELSA. Highest agreement with field plots in bold.